Authors
Pieter Lemmens, Fassil E Teffera, Maarten Wynants, Lynn Govaert, Jozef Deckers, Hans Bauer, Feleke Woldeyes, Luc Brendonck, Steven Bouillon, Luc De Meester
Publication date
2017/7
Journal
Functional Ecology
Volume
31
Issue
7
Pages
1482-1492
Description
- The concept of species niches has enhanced our understanding of community assembly and food web structure in a variety of ecosystem types. Niche‐based species sorting profoundly determines community composition along strong environmental gradients, while interspecific interactions tend to be more important within habitats at local spatial scales. The role of intraspecific niche variation in community assembly and ecosystem functioning has only recently been highlighted.
- The present study undertakes a quantitative comparison of the trophic structure of fish communities in two iconic Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes, Lake Abaya and Lake Chamo, which are biodiversity hotspots with high societal importance. The lakes differ strongly in ecology: whereas Lake Abaya is turbid due to a very high sediment loading, Lake Chamo is a clear‐water lake, which in recent years is, however, rapidly becoming more turbid …
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